The Quips Stop Here
Posted by jackjward on Jul 6th, 2025 in Writing
I love Joss Whedon’s writing. It’s why I wrote “Firefly: Old Wounds” the first audio drama fan-fiction in the ‘Verse. But, Whenesque writing has really hurt modern shows and seems especially to infect a lot of audio drama.Quippy dialogue can be painful when it doesn’t fit the character. When it works best is when it’s limited not to events as …
Audio Drama has a Diversity Problem
It is safe to say, I’m an audio drama addict (apologies to Dani Cutler who first coined the term). I’ve been listening to radio plays and audio plays and audio books and experimental audio storytelling since I was very young. From my earliest memories, I remember my parents gave me records of Old Time Radio heroes. I grew up listening …